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Tatchell plea for Pakistani Christians

britain should stop direct aid to pakistan unless its government acts to protect christians and other minorities, human rights activist pete...

Bishop unveils pastoral reform programme

bishop philip egan of portsmouth has initiated a reform of his diocese’s pastoral practice in response to pope francis’s amoris laetitia. in...

Russian bloodshed, conquest and decline

black dragon river by dominic ziegler penguin, £19.99 the author, asian editor of the economist, relates his journey down the amur river “at...

Charlie Hegarty

A mind hissing and spitting with fury

the devil’s diary by robert k wittman and david kinney william collins, £20 the story of the devil’s diary opens in god’s garden. in 1945, a...

Lectio Divina

luke 10:38-42 38 as jesus and his disciples went on their way, he came to a village where a woman named martha welcomed him in her home. 39 ...

Mgr Anthony Abela

Prize crossword 0448

cryptic across 7 two girls, one shortly to be chuza’s wife (6) 8 sail back through attica, edging finally in corinth toward jeroboam’s ...

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Scottish bishops urge British Government not to renew Trident weapons system

The bishops suggested the $272 billion cost of replacing the aging arsenal of nuclear weapons could not be morally justified

Lesotho Church officials call for international intervention following shooting of journalist

The Church in Lesotho has recorded a rise in the 'alarming' number of human rights abuses by the government

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Pope Francis offers prayers for those killed in Italy train crash

In a telegram, Francis entrusted the protection of the 23 people killed in the crash in the south of Italy to the Virgin Mary